Black Manta Reading Order
This reading order is designed to give an outline of major storylines featuring Black Manta (David Hyde) throughout DC Comics. It does not encompass every one of his appearances, but is an outline of the major ones and the stories that affect them.
The continuity details relating to each specific storyline are explained in the “Review” of each storyline. Every “Review” link will provide a detailed continuity breakdown of that story and will explain any reference the story makes to other aspects of the DC Universe. All of this can be found under the “Continuity” section of each link.
New 52
At the beginning of the New 52, the DC Universe was reset. In this new continuity, Black Manta took up his role as one of Aquaman’s (Reading Order) primary enemies in the early issues of the Aquaman series. From here, he participated in the Forever Evil (Review) event, which directly leads to his role in the New Suicide Squad series.
| Essential | Extra | ||
| Issue | Collection | Issue | Collection |
| Aquaman #7 | Aquaman Vol. 2: The Others (Review) | ||
| Aquaman #8 | |||
| Aquaman #9 | |||
| Aquaman #10 | |||
| Aquaman #11 | |||
| Aquaman #12 | |||
| Aquaman #13 | |||
| Aquaman #14 | Aquaman Vol. 3: Throne of Atlantis (Review) | ||
| Aquaman 23.1 | Aquaman by Geoff Johns Omnibus 1 | Forever Evil #1 | Forever Evil (Review) 1 |
| Forever Evil #3 | Forever Evil (Review) | ||
| Forever Evil #4 | |||
| Forever Evil #5 | |||
| Forever Evil #6 | |||
| Forever Evil #7 | |||
| Suicide Squad #30 | Suicide Squad Vol. 5: Walled In (Review) | ||
| New Suicide Squad #1 | New Suicide Squad Vol. 1: Pure Insanity (Review) | ||
| New Suicide Squad #2 | |||
| New Suicide Squad #3 | |||
| New Suicide Squad #4 | |||
| New Suicide Squad #5 | |||
| New Suicide Squad #6 | |||
| New Suicide Squad #7 | |||
| New Suicide Squad #8 | |||
| DC Sneak Peek: New Suicide Squad | New Suicide Squad Vol. 2: Monsters (Review) | ||
| New Suicide Squad #9 | |||
| New Suicide Squad #10 | |||
| New Suicide Squad #11 | |||
| New Suicide Squad #12 | |||
| New Suicide Squad Annual #1 | |||
| New Suicide Squad #14 | New Suicide Squad Vol. 3: Freedom (Review) | ||
| New Suicide Squad #15 | |||
| New Suicide Squad #16 | |||
| New Suicide Squad #17 | New Suicide Squad Vol. 4: Kill Anything (Review) 2 | ||